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Originally Posted by Willravel
First off, this is strangely authoritarian. I know you to be a free-market capitalist and, while not necessarily a libertarian, you have libertarian leanings. In this case, however, you're erring on the side of authority and I'm not sure why. Why should court involvement, a.k.a. the state, be the first place this goes to?
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I believe in protecting children. I believe we all have a moral obligation to protect children. If that is contradictory to my other views, I can live with it and accept any charge or claim of having a double standard. I do not have similar sympathy or compassion for able adults ( exceptions are truly disabled and the elderly). I do support temporary safety nets for adults and charitable giving by choice. I am not an anarchist and I see a role for government.
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Second, and perhaps more importantly, I have no idea how you can claim your null hypothesis is mistrust. That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Planned Parenthood doesn't seem to have done anything to lose your trust based on your statements here. Why is it they're guilty until proven innocent?
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That is my nature. I don't trust anyone or anything until I have reason to trust - some people are the opposite. In addition I look at systems to see how the systems are set up incentive wise. In the case of PP their system of tolerance (no questions, almost no conditions for service) is a system with incentives to hide information that may be needed to protect children. Again, I would like to see objective data that can show the real net cost or benefit of PP to children. And, no - I would not trust data direct from PP - I would need data from an outside independent source.